German troops attacking the Maginot Line (Jun 1940)

[mmalc124321]

I think that the french wasted there money on this big brick. They should have built up there air force and millitary as Hittler was doing.

[uke1964]

what .scery time ,were lucky 2 day

[RockMeKlaus]

RUHM & EHRE, Der WAFFEN SS!

[Phead128]

Hahahaha, they flanked the Maginot line ...

ROFL LOL....ROFL!

[BaumerPaulGefreiter]

Throughout the history both nations (French and Germans) proved to be very brave.

[00Billy]

hehe Maginot line was tougher than the USA's air defense network in 2001....

[Rayden440]

@00Billy German's Blitzkrieg strategy made the Maginot line completely useless. 

[LEHMAPOISS]

If you like France raise your hand. When you are french, raise BOTH hands!

[Cytacon]

@LEHMAPOISS The French army was capable of putting up a lot more resistance but the French command were too busy bickering with each other.That said the Maginot Line was a complete waste of time as it did not extend to the coast.

[hussain879]

Why no translation :(

[DavieS993]

I thought initially the Germans did not attack the Maginot line as was expected, but moved through Belgiums completely undefended and unfortified border instead. That meant alot of French/British troops had to move alot of equipment from the Maginot line to the border, and of course this failed. Too much to do I suppose, it was an idiotic move on both Britain and Frances part to leave that border completely unfrotified. The German Blitzerkreig was stopped by nothing.

[Kaigun06]

@DavieS993 Well they did attack it but never did take the entire line. Also there were french troops in parts of the maginot line that continued to fight until a few weeks after the surrender. As for leaving part of the border unfortified, it had to do with the fact the French thought tanks would not be able to go through the ardennes.

[NearAbbeyRoad]

@Kaigun06

The French did not want to offend the Belgians so never extended the line.

[NearAbbeyRoad]

@DavieS993

"The German Blitzerkreig was stopped by nothing."

Spot on!

[jerrysoh619]

What were the french thinking? what a horrible defense stratagy. Why did they let the germans cross the rhine so easily? and worst of all they didnt even put mines on their side of the rhine, or even some road blocks or something to keep the germans busy and then they could have pounded them with artilerry from the maginot line. The germans on this video look like they began their attack straight away on the line. The battle for france was lost here.....

[GmanGregilla]

The French (and Allied) High Command deemed the Ardennes next-to-impossible for mass armoured and vehicular columns to pass through, as it was such thick, rugged terrain, and so, the French placed like 5 relatively insignificant units of their weakest equip, least experienced troops and vehicles nearby the Ardennes and Meuse.

Then, the Germans "sneak-attacked" through the Ardennes/Meuse and drove through some counter-attacks and breaches in the French defensive lines, encircling them, big-time.

[GmanGregilla]

Btw, it was retarded.

The French High Command sucked big-time.

As did their strategy, organization, and endorsed tactics.

The British Command by no means was particularly much better, either, at that time.

The Western Allies at that time, in the Battle Of France, had hundreds more capable tanks than the Germans had, several thousands more field guns of varying sorts, and almost just as many infantrymen on the battlefields. Though, a few thousand not-quite-as-impressive fewer aircraft.

[supermorshu]

@GmanGregilla WW1 the french made the UK attack the somme with unexpired troops and the french way of fighting was "if they killed a million men and they had 1 man less than a million of there men dead that was a victory".

[mikerama1]

German panzers looks more of a tank today where french's has awkward configuration,control and even some cannons were attached to the chasis.has also fewer planes that has ww1 flavor (two wings)compared to the luffwaffe more modern, the tactic was modern -heavy tanks peircing a narrow line and encircling-makes barbwires, trench- rifle shooting somewhat useless

[readynow12345]

test

[Jabthecat]

Germans weapon in 1939... mostly stock from WWI, they upgraded it with weapons from annexed country. I just say that german won because of superior tactics, read some books not only the propaganda.... allies wanted people to think germans weapons were superior to proove they did great but this is wrong.

[crazymrlee]

I agree to some extent. Not all of the german equipment was that old or outdated (planes?) but it's true that the french were at least equal and definitely had a larger army. So tactics and strategy really made all the difference. Just look at the tiny panzer I or panzer II and compare them to the later Panther and Tiger. I really wonder how they could have been so successful with this old equipment - well they were somehow

[Jabthecat]

Thanks for the brilliant reply. Its true about planes, germans planes were good and i cant name the french planes at all... this gives an idea about my so called expertised...lol... Thing is i just dont want to go into the mass propaganda... its the tactics not the weapons that made THE ultimate diffrence. THE tactis or THE generals... or both...

[kdawur]

German early planes were not so good. Politics came before good decicions. Tactics and training were the Wehrmacts strongest characteristic.

[Voske2]

the french had good planes butt the most where shot still standing on the ground

[nomad1625]

your right the french are idiots for building a defence line which only boarded germany they should have built a line stretching from the english channel to the meditteranean sea so they couldnt be outflanked.this is where german tactics easily win over the french

[greyfox1918]

I wonder what you have to say about the Belgian soldiers in the 18 days campaign...

But yeah thanks to the french supreme command the belgian army was forced to surrender.

[Jabthecat]

1939, french have the greatest army, the best aviation, exellent tanks. There was no cowards onto french army. What happens is they been suprised. The blitzkrieg a new way to make war. Germans superior tactics made it all.

The french allowed the D-Day to happend with the resistance. Witout D-Day Germans would have won over russia.

France is a great country.

Btw im not french.

[Bonux11111]

The aviation wasn't so good, and tanks, sucked. Don't tell these stupid things, the german avation were better.

[Chunkylover08]

LOL yer fucking retarded

[readynow12345]

Regardless of D-DAY germany was beating down when russia attacked berlin

they had numbers on there side germany didn't, my theory is that d-day helped to end the war quicker but nevertheless germany fate was sealed all this hoopla about d-day is over rated.

[nomad1625]

you are a fucking retard d~day forced hitler to fight a war on 3 fronts the eastern front the western front and the southern front in italy which over stretched his entire army thus reducing the amount of rienforcements he could send to russia

[nomad1625]

your wrong d~day happend in 1944 and by that time the russsians were not too far from poland so they were winning anyway

[fahimdhk]

kopaaaaaaaaaa

[Dominc606]

This is wrong. the Germans never attack the Maginot line, they whent around it by crossing the Arden into France.

[bobjo56]

your wrong. the Germans attacked with 3 divisions, one into Belgium as a diversion, one to the Maginot line to pin down french forces and the third and largest through the Ardennes forest

[sallustiocatilina]

3 divisions???please shut the fuck up...

[nomad1625]

3 divisions?wow your a tit thats only 30000 men i doubt any country can be invaded with only 1 division especially france

[FranceRulessss]

We will always be known as cowards. What a shame.

[petethebastard]

Yes and No!

[sallustiocatilina]

that's true!! yuo are cowards!!!

[Teranex]

@FranceRulessss Those are Italians doode don't steal their reputation lol. You will be known as surrederhappy at worst lol.

[thomasiricca]

@FranceRulessss

That's true but at least you were able to avoid the destruction of your cities

[EoSoAllah]

@FranceRulessss Not all of you. Henri Fenet, Christian de la Mazière & the rest of the SS Charlemagne were true warriors. That the rest of you Frenchies persecuted them is an even greater shame.

[ericbea66]

@FranceRulessss The french aren't cowards They did their best

[Fridomfry]

Funny to see how Nazi propaganda still works on gullible ignorants. While the Wehrmacht won a sweeping victory over the British and French in the North, the Germans got a bloody nose when they attacked the Maginot line - as expected. The French soldiers in these forts killed thousand of Germans. When the Pétain government ordered them to surrender, they often refused, arguing that German corpses were piling up in front of their machine-guns, and kept fighing until the order was confirmed.

[klori25]

Taking such a strong devensive line was a masterpiece of millitary acting!You had no chance even if you were sitting in those bunkers!!!

[Fridomfry]

We all know this now. But if you had lived through WW1, you would probably have learned to overestimate the value of fortification. It was especially the case for the French, who had started in 1914 with an extreme offensive tactic - charging in the open with baionets against German lines... They overreacted.

In 1940, the initial plan was for the mobile armies, in the North, to counter-attack near the French border. The fatal decision was to venture far North, in the Netherlands.

[Leinad514]

Propanganda target mass weak minded ... see actual USA with there well plan and conduct war in Irak.

[troyalldis]

Ah, the us is doing terribly in Iraq.

[Ptownhoreber]

Feind vernichtend geschlagen!!!

[wehrmachtssoldatX]

salute !!

[Rammstein8814]

Das war ausnahmslos vortrefflich!

[ichbinzehn]

Ich Hoffe nie wieder!!!!!!!!!